Engineering: Engineering, the application of science to the optimum conversion of the resources of nature to the uses of humankind. The field has been defined by the Engineers Council for Professional Development, in the United States, as the creative application of “scientific principles to design or develop
Source: 2015 American Society for Engineering Education Graduate Program Our graduate program is ranked 65th nationally among the 170 (top 38 percent) doctoral granting Mechanical Engineering Departments in the U.S. by the 2018 U.S. News & World Report: America's Best Graduate Schools (ranked in 2017).